UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo returned to her home country Bénin last month to meet children and young people impacted by the spillover of violence from the Sahel crisis, and climate change in the region. The deteriorating security situation in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Niger, as well as rising food prices as a result of climate induced shocks, are affecting access to essential social services for children, refugees, and internally displaced persons in northern Benin. In some border areas with Sahel countries, a number of schools have been temporarily…
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